As we enter a changing season and think ahead to gathering for Thanksgiving, I invite you read our Fall newsletter for highlights from the Inn. You’ll read how we are responding each day – thanks to YOU – by continuing to serve a growing number of neighbours in need. We celebrate the many hearts and hands who come together to create a community that cares. Thank-you for your wonderfully generous support to keep the Inn […]
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Thursday, October 1 at 12:00 pm. Everyone welcome in the Friendship Inn Boardroom. To register your attendance and receive meeting materials, please email us or call 306-242-5122 before September 25.
As we reflect on 57 years of service to the community, the Friendship Inn’s mission to alleviate hunger and provide hope and friendship is needed now more than ever. With your support, we welcome guests into our dining room each day and strive to serve everyone with compassion. Read on to learn about how we’re making guest resources more accessible and how we’re stretching and testing our limits to help bette serve the most vulnerable […]
Our Vision is a community without hunger, a people with hope. Responding to this need by sharing up to 2000 meals in a single day necessitates the Friendhsip Inn kitchen operates smoothly and efficiently. Through generous donor support, the Inn was able to purchase state-of-the-art industrial ovens and appliances from RATIONAL – tools that have become the standard in professional kitchens around the world. RATIONAL recently featured how their I-Combi Pro and Ivario Pro have […]
This Christmas season, our goal is to raise 200,000 meals for people in need. Read on to learn how you can help Fill the Plate.
You’re invited to read about the Friendship Inn year in review as detailed in our 2025 Annual Report. Thanks to your generosity and support in so many ways – 451,035 meals were prepared and shared with people in need over the last year. Thank-you for helping us serve.
Wednesday, October 1 at 12:00 pm. Everyone welcome in the Friendship Inn Boardroom. To register your attendance and receive meeting materials, please email us or call 306-242-5122 before September 26.
Eating Together, Extending the Table… as we enter the season of Thanksgiving, the Inn is so grateful for generous community support that enables our continued service for vulnerable neighbours in need. Please read on for recent highlights and to learn how we’re setting the table in preparation for rising meal counts.
Our dining room is a picture of humanity: a community table where those in need are served with compassion by a dedicated team and energetic volunteers who try to offer hope with every meal. Please read on for the latest news from the Inn!
On Saturday mornings for the past four years, Kayla Dain, a recent nursing grad, has chosen to spend her time as a dedicated volunteer at the Friendship Inn, bringing with her a warm smile, a listening ear, and a deep commitment to community. Kayla first began volunteering during the early days of the pandemic. “I wanted to do something meaningful, and I saw there was a huge need at the Inn,” she shares. With a […]
For Michael Epp, volunteering at the Friendship Inn is more than just serving meals—it’s about dignity, kindness, and human connection. Michael, an Accountant at MNP in Saskatoon, has been volunteering at the Inn for three years, drawn to its mission of ensuring that everyone, especially those in vulnerable positions, has access to a warm meal. “I believe that everyone deserves to be treated with dignity and have their most basic human needs met,” he says. […]
Ashala Jacobson has been a member of the Board of the Friendship Inn for nearly four years and was appointed Chair in Fall 2023. In this role, Ashala brings leadership to ensure the organization’s strategic oversight and governance practices are well managed. When asked what motivated her to start volunteering, Ashala shared, “I’ve always felt a deep compassion for those who are disadvantaged. When my kids were older and I finally had more time, I decided it […]